Swiss Criminal Code

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Art. 261

At­tack on the free­dom of faith and the free­dom to wor­ship

 

Any per­son who pub­licly and ma­li­ciously in­sults or mocks the re­li­gious con­vic­tions of oth­ers, and in par­tic­u­larly their be­lief in God, or ma­li­ciously de­sec­rates ob­jects of re­li­gious ven­er­a­tion,

any per­son who ma­li­ciously pre­vents, dis­rupts or pub­licly mocks an act of wor­ship, the con­duct of which is guar­an­teed by the Con­sti­tu­tion, or

any per­son who ma­li­ciously de­sec­rates a place or ob­ject that is in­ten­ded for a re­li­gious ce­re­mony or an act of wor­ship the con­duct of which is guar­an­teed by the Con­sti­tu­tion,

is li­able to a mon­et­ary pen­alty.1

1 Pen­al­ties re­vised by No II 1 of the FA of 19 June 2015 (Amend­ment to the Law on Crim­in­al Sanc­tions), in force since 1 Jan. 2018 (AS 2016 1249; BBl 2012 4721).

 
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